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The Rotary Eye Bank
Out of a total 35,000 eyes received in the year 2008 by eye banks throughout
country through eye donations, only a third meet all the
criteria of medical standards, as per the requirement
for quality control of eye banks.
The Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank
The Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank seeks to provide a sustainable solution to the problem of corneal blindness, which affects 2.5 to 3.0 million persons in India. The initiative of the Rotary District 3000 under the matching grants programme funded the establishment of the eye bank. It collects, evaluates, processes and distributes viable corneal tissues for corneal transplant surgeons. The Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank - Madurai was officially set up in the year 1998 and is one of the 7 eye banks in the country affiliated to the International Federation of Eye Banks (IFEB), which stipulates stringent standards of quality for corneas used in transplants.
Aravind - IOB Eye bank, Coimbatore
Aravind Eye Bank was started on 28th January, 2005 with Dr,V.Narendrans as the Medical Director. Mr. M. Shanmugam, Deputy General Manager, Indian Overseas Bank, Coimbatore, inaugurated Aravind IOB Eye Bank. Dr.P.Namperumalsamy, Mr.G.Srinivasan, Dr.PDG Pratap Gokul Das, Rotary International District 3200 and Lion MJF.Sarathamani Palaniswamy were a few of the others who participated in the inaugural function. Several awareness creation programmes were also organised on various significant dates to initiate and motivate people for eye donation.
Rotary Aravind Eye Bank, Tirunelveli
Rotary Aravind Eye Bank, Tirunelveli was started on 28th May 2004 in collaboration with the Rotary Foundation R.I.Districts 3210 and 5750, Rotary Club of North West Oklahoma City USA, Rotary Club of South Oklahoma City, USA, Rotary Club of Tirunelveli West, India. The Rotary Aravind Eye Bank MG Project #23486 supported with initial grant.
Aravind Eye Bank Association of Pondicherry
Eye Bank was started on 19th December 2005 and it is registered with EBAI. Dr.Tiruvengada Krishnan is the Medical Director of Eye Bank. It coveres Chinnasalem, Chidambaram, Neyveli Lignite Nagar, Panruti, Virdhachalam, Villupuram, Vikravandi, Nelikuppam, Ulunthurpet, Sethyathoppu, Sankarapuram, and Thyagadurgam.
Functions of Eye Bank:
- Procurement of eyes
- Processing of eyeballs
- Distribution of Corneal tissues
- Training to Eye Bank technicians & corneal surgeons
- Promote public relation activities
- Provide eye tissues for Training & Research
| PERFORMANCE OF THE EYE BANK - MADURAI |
| Year |
Eyes Recovered |
Used For Transplantation |
| 1998 |
253 |
138 |
| 1999 |
781 |
443 |
| 2000 |
851 |
485 |
| 2001 |
859 |
408 |
| 2002 |
1471 |
553 |
| 2003 |
1420 |
495 |
| 2004 |
1515 |
562 |
| 2005 |
1610 |
530 |
| 2006 |
1752 |
668 |
| 2007 |
1,759 |
618 |
2008 |
1,961 |
610 |
| Total |
14,232 |
5510 |
| PERFORMANCE OF THE EYE BANK - COIMBATORE |
| Year |
Eyes Recovered |
Used For Transplantation |
| 1997 |
32 |
20 |
| 1998 |
162 |
127 |
| 1999 |
185 |
155 |
| 2000 |
208 |
161 |
| 2001 |
284 |
167 |
| 2002 |
404 |
164 |
| 2003 |
415 |
163 |
| 2004 |
367 |
207 |
| 2005 |
438 |
272 |
2006 |
730 |
338 |
2007 |
792 |
307 |
2008 |
1068 |
370 |
| Total |
5085 |
2451 |
| PERFORMANCE OF THE EYE BANK - TIRUNELVELI |
| Year |
Eyes Recovered |
Used For Transplantation |
| 2004 |
22 |
9 |
| 2005 |
44 |
13 |
| 2006 |
62 |
34 |
| 2007 |
36 |
31 |
| 2008 |
82 |
52 |
| Total |
246 |
139 |
| PERFORMANCE OF THE EYE BANK - PONDICHERRY |
| Year |
Eyes Recovered |
Used For Transplantation |
| 2004 |
98 |
19 |
| 2005 |
128 |
70 |
| 2006 |
126 |
101 |
| 2007 |
198 |
107 |
| 2008 |
248 |
123 |
| Total |
798 |
420 |
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